Iowa State Senate District 32
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Mike Klimesh Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Mike Klimesh (Republican) won by 29.3 points, 2024
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History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 34,204
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
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- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike KlimeshWon Republican 22,09764.6% DemocraticBrian Bruening Democratic 12,08035.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 270.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,705
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCraig JohnsonWon(incumbent) Republican 19,99061.1% DemocraticPam Egli Democratic 12,70038.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 150.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,111
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCraig JohnsonWon Republican 18,64159.9% DemocraticBrian Schoenjahn(incumbent) Democratic 12,44140.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 290.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,711
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrian SchoenjahnWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,33853.2% RepublicanElliott Henderson Republican 14,34646.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 270.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,190
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrad ZaunWon(incumbent) Republican 23,190100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,683
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrad ZaunWon Republican 20,08857.9% DemocraticLaura Sands Democratic 14,59542.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,934
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry McKibbenWon(incumbent) Republican 15,80358.7% DemocraticJohn M. Cahill Democratic 11,13141.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,579
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry McKibbenWon Republican 13,70653.6% DemocraticRandal John Giannetto(incumbent) Democratic 11,39344.5% OtherRonn Young Other 4801.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,738
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRandal John GiannettoWon Democratic 14,18455.1% RepublicanPhilip H. Lewis Republican 11,55444.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,232
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanH. Kay HedgeWon Republican 13,34357.4% DemocraticCraig Downing Democratic 9,88542.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,281
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanForrest V. SchwengelsWon(incumbent) Republican 14,49259.7% DemocraticCraig Downing Democratic 9,78840.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,118
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam D. PalmerWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,22868.8% RepublicanRay C. Stiles Republican 6,89031.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,824
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam D. PalmerWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,51275.7% RepublicanWilliam F. Horstman Republican 5,31024.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,127
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam D. PalmerWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,79168.3% RepublicanJames E. Blaney Republican 7,33631.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,914
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1969)
Iowa Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanW. Charlene ConklinWon Republican 9,47952.9% DemocraticJames Gallagher Democratic 8,43547.1%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Only part of this chamber is up in a given cycle. Which districts vote on which date is not on file. Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Iowa State Senate District 32, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ia/senate/32. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ia/sldu:32
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026